Boost your Android Phone with these 5 tricks

You just bought a new Android phone and it is terrifying to realize after a few months that it is not as fast as it used to be earlier. This issue has been occurring not only in budget phones, but some high-end mobile phones also tend to show their age over time. Although you can buy a brand new phone at extremely low prices through Bydiscountcodes.co.uk, but then you have to go through the hassle of backing up and transferring data. Before you decide to buy a new mobile device, try these simple tricks to get back your Android phone operating at full speed.

The
most common way to speed up your phone is to clear cached data.
Cached data contain information from certain apps to help them boot
up more rapidly. But, if your mobile phone is running low on memory,
then cached data will hurt more than helping. Therefore, clear all
the cached data to free up some storage. Go to phone
Settings>Storage>tap
on CachedData>tap
OK to
clear it.

#2
Remove Any ‘Task Killer’ Apps You Have Installed

Android is pretty efficient in managing its own
memory. Using task killing apps can make other apps slow to start.
When an app is left midway, Android tries to run it in the background
by supplying the memory it needs, but task killers actually kill the
app. Then, it takes more time for an app to start and even uses more
battery. If you start an app that needs more space, Android will
automatically kill the apps that are less important to free up
memory.

#3
Remove or Disable Any Unused Apps

New
phones are always integrated with pre-installed apps from the phone
manufacturer or carrier. The good thing is you can uninstall or
disable most of the applications if you are not using them. Also,
look out for apps on your device that you have installed and not
using them for months or years. They all consume space and end up
slowing down your phone. Go to Settings>Apps
to see the list of all the applications.

#4
Disable Animations

Animations make all the transitions and interactions done with your phone look smoother. But, when your phone starts to slow down, these animations appear like a disrupted motion video. If animations are not working well anymore, switching them off will free up a little processing power and makes everything seems faster. Just go to DeveloperOptions>Windowanimationscale>tap Animationoff

This
particular trick helps in boosting up browsing speed. Locate ‘Data
Saver’ option in Chrome and enable it. Enabling Data Saver will not
only help in speeding up browsing, but also in saving some data if
you don’t have an unlimited data pack active on your phone. In Data
Saver mode, Google will compress the pages and media content so that
less data is consumed and the pages load faster.

Now
just try all these tricks and let us know how much they helped in
improving the performance of your phone.

About the author

Jayvee Fernandez

Jayvee Fernandez is a tech enthusiast, EAN certified SCUBA Diver and underwater photographer based in Metro Manila, Philippines. His photos and videos have appeared in various international and local publications including Random House Germany, Discovery Channel Canada, and CNN.